bandicoot

English Thesaurus

1. any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	marsupial, pouched mammal,
definition	:	mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	bilby, macrotis lagotis, rabbit bandicoot, rabbit-eared bandicoot,
definition	:	bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family peramelidae, peramelidae,
definition	:	bandicoots (noun.animal)